It is located less than five miles southeast of the Gateway Arch in Greater St. Louis.

[2] Unfortunately, it was too expensive to maintain so it was sold to the State of Illinois in 1964 for $1 and renamed Grand Marais State Park, after the geographic area's historic name Grand Marais (French for "large swamp" or "great marsh").

Its name was changed to Frank Holten State Park on May 1, 1967, in honor of the recently deceased distinguished legislator from East St. Louis, who served the region in the Illinois General Assembly for 48 years.

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